1671 They Are Still Alive (1/2)

”Since we are a team, it is preferable that we are both at our best. We should not be a burden to each other in times of danger. You were suffering from great pain, but you chose to say nothing. If you passed out at a disastrous point of crisis, you would become the biggest burden.”

Gu Xijiu answered with a smile, ”I am not overthinking, so there is no need for you to explain everything so eagerly. I will not blame you for anything. You can rest assured that you are only a team member to me, nothing more. When the time comes, you will save the one you care for, and I will do the same. I will not put you into any trouble or become your burden.”

She must have been crazy to ask if he still cared.

By now, she reminded herself not to overthink to prevent any further disappointments.

She took a look around, as the place seemed a little familiar. She did not think twice about it and proceeded to stretch even more. She wanted to return to the underground waterway.

Di Fuyi pulled her back and prohibited her from entering the waterway. ”You should not dive into the waterway again. Your body is too weak to endure the underground cold.”

Gu Xijiu frowned in bewilderment. ”Should we work separately? You continue to track the traces in the waterway and update me if you find anything, all right?”

Her suggestion was a good one. Di Fuyi observed the surrounding and had one of his flashes of inspiration.

The redness of the plum flowers was unusually bright. In the dim light of the night, the flowers seemed to associate with the forces of evil.

He plucked a flower and put it closer to his nose to smell its scent. Within its delicate fragrance, he found something more, something that resembled the smell of blood.

The bloody scent was rather weak. Had Di Fuyi not brought it closer, he would not realize it.

”Perhaps the criminal's lair is somewhere close by.” Di Fuyi slowly said, ”Be careful.”

Gu Xijiu was hit by a sudden realization, too. The plum garden was the one she had been to before. It was 110 miles away from the capital city of the Feixing Kingdom.

When she was last here, she could tell that the redness in these flowers was rather odd. Before she could observe the flowers, Long Siye's news came and distracted her.

The plum garden was vast. The entire area was a few hundred acres. Within the garden, the flowers were arranged in a crisscross pattern. The small trails spread out in all directions.